The Impact of Palliative Care Team Consultation on Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer in Dutch Hospitals: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Experimental studies have shown that palliative care team (PCT) involvement can improve quality of life (QoL) and symptom burden of patients with advanced cancer. It is unclear to what extent this effect is sustained in daily practice of hospital care.

Objective

This observational study aims to investigate the effect of PCT consultation on QoL and symptom burden of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer in daily practice.

Methods

After admission to 1 of 9 participating hospitals, patients with advanced cancer for whom the attending physician answered "no" to the Surprise Question were invited to complete a questionnaire, including the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL, at 6 points in time, until 3 months after admission. Outcomes were compared between patients who re

SUBMITTER: Brinkman-Stoppelenburg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8009286 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature